Nice proms around the solar disk today - one like a giant raised hand at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/pstnew.htm Nytecam

I have modified my simple spectrograph to include a slit aperture. This means I can capture fainter objects even in twilight skies. The new supernova sn2005cs...

Franklin wrote in news:968B31DB4206971F3M4@ 204.153.244.156: I am looking for some advice on what astronomical is available for my ...

3 minute exposure of the Milky Way from my garden site. An initial flash shot picks out some neighbouring trees and the tracking then smears them against the...

I think the solar wind is a stream of particles. What happens to these?

A long time ago i was looking up into the sky and saw lots of flashes in the clouds late at night, I immediatley put it down to a thunderstorm and forgot...

Pete Are you flying to Temple-Tuttle? Good luck to the mission anyway. Don't forget the TV programmes: Stardate: Deep Impact is scheduled for transmission...

Hi For those interested in the optical design side of astronomy, the latest version of the free lens design programs, PreDesigner & WinLens 4.3, are now...

Overheard the two Radio one muppets (don`t know their names or care much) mentioning something about "spectacular" and "space fireworks" on the above dates and...

Dear Friends, There is lots of impressive activity with today's sun and which coincides with today's aphelion. To this end, I kindly direct you...

with all this hot weather can a scope get damaged by it?, I was thinking along the lines of the optics getting distorted or out of align rather than the focus...

BBC 1 TV update on Deep Impact on Comet Tempel 1 this morning . nytecam

....but at least it's there. Very tricky from my garden site as there are trees and houses in the way. Tempel 1 imaged this evening just before it...

Dear All, I am looking to buy a Philips TouCam webcam for plantetary imaging with my 10" LX200 scope. What model should I get ? I see the 740 model seems to...

My astronomy club has been trying unsuccessfully for almost 2 years to change our details on the UK astronomy clubs' list on the BBC web site. Our venue,...

When I bought my reflecting telescope a while back I was advised not to store it indoors during the winter, as taking it outdoors to use would cause...

The spot free sun of last week is not so now with 6 sunspot groups quotes http://www.spaceweather.com/ Spot near centre of sun may be safe-filtered naked eye...

http://deepimpact.umd.edu/stsp/search_action.cfm -- Remove Frontal Lobes to reply. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary...

Hi, pleased to meet you all. I'm a freelance cartoonist writing an online fantasy comic, and I need some astrophysics/ orbital mechanics type information to...

Hi everybody, Am looking to sell the following secondhand items, all in good condition: - Vixen GP mount + polar scope (no counterweights or dovetail...